California · 2025 pay · 105 people
How much does a steam operations engineer make in California?
$127,858typical pay for a steam operations engineer in 2025
$115,017 – $136,580what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 61.6% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where steam operations engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid steam operations engineers, 2025
Common questions
How much does a steam operations engineer make in California?
The typical steam operations engineer was paid $127,858 in 2025; most earned between $115,017 and $136,580. This counts all 105 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 11.1% of all pay for steam operations engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Steam Operations Engineer, at any level (for example "Steam Operations Engineer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this